The RHCYP Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PGHAN) service provides specialist services for Lothian, Fife and the Borders as part of the South-East Scotland Regional PGHAN Network (SESPGHAN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further patient-accessible information is available on the RHCYP Children’s Hospital website<\/strong><\/a>. There is a GI department page with information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Patients who are already known to the paediatric GI service and under ongoing clinical follow-up (for example, IBD, liver, complex nutrition and coeliac patients) will all have contact numbers or email contact with their appropriate team members and should be encouraged to contact them for specific advice, if not felt appropriate for advice in primary care. Our RHCYP pages<\/strong><\/a> are also a good source of information on who to contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GI Consultants at RHCYP are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The service provides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PLEASE NOTE THE EMAILS AND PHONE NUMBERS ARE FOR USE BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OR EXISTING PATIENTS WHO WE ARE EXPECTING TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY AND NOT TO BE USED FOR SELF REFERRAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Daytime Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Out of hours Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Other Methods of Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Regional work and contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to services at RHCYP we provide tertiary PGHAN support for hospitals in Lothian, Fife and the Borders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New referrals should always be discussed and sent to the local DGH to be seen unless specific advice is required from our team.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Colleagues with a special interest in GI at these hospitals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other Scottish networks provide support for other regions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New referrals should always be sent to the local DGH to be seen unless specific advice is required from our team. Any out of area referrals should come from the secondary care team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NoSPGHAN for North Scotland (Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Orkney and Shetland Isles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n WoSPGHAN for West Scotland (Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire, Western Isles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Edinburgh, East and Midlothian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Referrals should be sent via SCI Gateway<\/p>\n\n\n\n West Lothian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Referrals should be sent via SCI Gateway<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regional Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n New referrals should always be discussed and sent to the local DGH to be seen unless specific advice is required from our team (see above for specific contacts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Triage of Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On receiving a referral, we will triage to urgent or routine, but may decide they are suitable for advice only (this may help expedite management) in which case we will triage to ‘advice only’. There are some cases where we will triage to other services who are felt to be more appropriate for ongoing advice or management (this may include specialist colleagues in general paediatrics, paediatric surgery, other medical or surgical specialist services, and paediatric dietetics) in which case we will inform you and the family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Guidelines are available for many conditions and are listed below. These guidelines give advice regarding initiating first line investigations and treatment, if required, and may avoid the need for referral and certainly will expedite management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In each guideline, there is information regarding when a referral would be appropriate – please see the resource section for more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NHS Inform Leaflets: Diet-advice-when-being-tested-for-coeliac-disease-gluten-challenge<\/a>, Coeliac-disease<\/a>, Living-well-with-coeliac-disease<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Current RHSYP Endoscopy information and leaflets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In development<\/p>\n\n\n\n British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition(BSPGHAN) www.bspghan.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n North American Society for Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) www.naspghan.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n European Society for Paediatric Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) http:\/\/www.espghan.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation hhtps:\/\/gikids.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Children’s Liver Disease Foundation www.childliverdisease.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Crohn’s and Colitis UK CUK https:\/\/www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CICRA for children with crohns and colitis https:\/\/www.cicra.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coeliac UK (CUK) www.coeliac.org.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n NHS Inform Leaflets: Coeliac-disease<\/a> & Living-well-with-coeliac-disease<\/a> & Diet-advice-when-being-tested-for-coeliac-disease-gluten-challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ERIC (Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity) http:\/\/www.eric.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n GUTS UK https:\/\/gutscharity.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lothian Joint Formulary<\/a> www.ljf.scot.nhs.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n NHS Inform (Scottish Health on the web) https:\/\/www.nhsinform.scot\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tough Going<\/a> (pdf) NHS Lothian paediatric constipation guideline<\/p>\n\n\n\n AGA<\/a> http:\/\/www.gastro.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ASGE https:\/\/www.asge.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n BSG www.bsg.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n JAG https:\/\/www.thejag.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n SSG http:\/\/www.thessg.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n UEG https:\/\/www.ueg.eu\/home\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ESGE https:\/\/www.esge.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The RHCYP Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (PGHAN) service provides specialist services for Lothian, Fife and the Borders as part of the South-East Scotland Regional PGHAN Network (SESPGHAN). 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